Galah Sessions

[Blue Supra]

The first time I attempted to put fuel in that car it took well over half an hour of absurdity to find where in bloody hell the petrol cap was.

I sat in the car for 20 minutes trying to find the lever/button to open the fuel hatch, turns out there isnt one, you press it and it pops open

[nota]

I sat in the car for 20 minutes trying to find the lever/button to open the fuel hatch, turns out there isnt one, you press it and it pops open

LOL !!

Looks like a great car though, the classic 'small car - big engine' formula to fun


(in that Simca the cap was behind the lhs tail-light assembly which swung out, and was so beautifully disguised with no discernible gap to the bodywork so you couldn't pick it even if up close. The release mechanism was a totally obscure little piece of coiled rod, painted in body colour and hidden inside the boot panelling among the wiring in the quarter panel - even the servo mechanic couldn't find it!)

[Blue Supra]

LOL !!

Looks like a great car though, the classic 'small car - big engine' formula to fun


(in that Simca the cap was behind the lhs tail-light assembly which swung out, and was so beautifully disguised with no discernible gap to the bodywork so you couldn't pick it even if up close. The release mechanism was a totally obscure little piece of coiled rod, painted in body colour and hidden inside the boot panelling among the wiring in the quarter panel - even the servo mechanic couldn't find it!)

It is great fun, went for another spin at lunch. Im expecting the fuel card to arrive today so we can go fill it up and go for a good long hoon

That Simca sounds fascinating. Clearly a case of 'well I think its a good idea to put it there' by the designer

[clutch-monkey]

Cue memories of me in the volvo all the way from my house to newcastle

lol that's what you get, jdm fag

<3

That Simca sounds fascinating. Clearly a case of 'well I think its a good idea to put it there' by the designer

it's like his wife kept badgering the designer with all these ideas she has, so he put them in to shut her up

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Thats actually an incredibly smart solution for hiding the fuel filler, although the uninitiated it would be truly horrid.

[clutch-monkey]

Full list of flooded roads



Pallara - Paradise Rd is flooded
Brookfield - Rafting Ground Rd is flooded
Kuraby - Beenleigh Road is flooded between Strathmore Street and St George Street.
Nundah - Melton Rd there is water over the road.
Bracken Ridge - On Telegraph Road between Lacey Road and Norris Road there is water over the road.
Annerley - On Annerley Road between Palmerston Street and Carville Street reports of flooding in the area.
Murarrie - Lytton Road eastside of Junction Road roundabout is flooded.
Acacia Ridge - Paradise Road approaching Leoroyd Road is flooded.
Tingalpa - Manly Road between Old Cleveland Road and Castlerea Street is closed.
Kenmore Hills -Gap Creek Road is flooded, motorists to avoid the area.
Redbank- Ipswich Motorway outbound near Six Mile Creek, right lane is flooded.
Wakerley- Green Camp Road near Tilley Road is flooded.
Drewvale - Illawena Street between Gowan Road and Wembley Road is closed due to flooding.
* Blue Pacific Rd, Deception Bay
* Old Bay Rd, Deception Bay
* Creek Rd, Deception Bay
* Old Gympie Rd, Elimbah
* Zillmans Crossing, Old North Rd, Rocksberg
* Williams Rd, Moodlu
* Visentin Rd, Morayfield (rail underpass)
* Buchanan Rd, Morayfield
* Oakey Flat Rd (near Williamson Rd), Morayfield
* Rose Creek Rd, Elimbah
* Golf Course Rd, Woodford
* Neurum Rd, Woodford
* Stoney Creek Rd, Stoney Creek
* Best Rd, Rocksberg
* McNamara Rd, Rocksberg
* Caboolture River Rd, Rocksberg
* Old Cove Rd, Woodford
* Cove Rd, Woodford
* Commissioners Flat Rd, Commissioners Flat
* Old Toobul Point Rd, Caboolture
* Waterside Dr, Wamuran
* Dewhurst Rd, Woodford
* Buckingham Rd, D'Aguilar
* Newman Lane, Delaneys Creek
* Esme Ave, Caboolture
* Browns Rd, Kurwongbah
* Denham Rd, Kurwongbah
* Dale St, Burpengary
* Grant St, Whiteside
* Mott St (rail underspass), Strathpine
* Whiteside Rd, Whiteside
* Gordons Rd, Cedar Creek
* Curtis Rd, Cedar Creek
* Cedar Creek Rd, Cedar Creek
* Youngs Crossing Rd, Petrie
* Moore Rd, Kurwongbah
* Browns Rd. Kurwongbah
* Bells Pocket Rd, Lawnton
* Juffs Rd West, Dayboro
* Lees Crossing Rd, Dayboro
* Gympie Rd, Dayboro
*Gympie Rd (lower side) Bald Hills
* Armstrong Creek Rd, Armstrong Creek
* Kobble Creek Rd, Kobble Creek
* Pringles Rd, Kobble Creek
* Todds Rd, Lawnton
* Lacey Creek Rd, Dayboro
* Mt Brisbane Rd, Mt Brisbane
* Strain Rd, Dayboro
* Cedar Creek Rd, Cedar Creek
* Maba Ct (pedestrian crossing), Evertone Hills
* Alma Rd, Dakabin
* Whiteside Rd, Whiteside
* Chemside Rd, Mango Hill

woo, getting home is going to be fun.

[whiteballz]

thats what you get for living in beautiful weather 96% of the year.

[clutch-monkey]

i hear they have a new inner city bypass aquarium
the dam near my house is ridiculously full.

[clutch-monkey]

free underbody car wash now open

[Spastik_Roach]

The 911 might be safer as a boat...

[john14]

clutch, send down some of that heavy rain to Adelaide and the rest of South Australia.

[clutch-monkey]

the rain has been so heavy it's probably going to flow down there anyway
been a very wet year so far, and especially for this time of year

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Lucky the Patrol is available, I suppose.

Perhaps you should look at a 959 Paris-Dakar for your next car?

[nota]

clutch, send down some of that heavy rain to Adelaide and the rest of South Australia.

the rain has been so heavy it's probably going to flow down there anyway
been a very wet year so far, and especially for this time of year

ABC TV ran a feature story this week on this very thing, with stunning aerial footage and it even contains a mini-feature on the Donald Cambell LSR attempt on Lake Eyre!

If you missed it, you can access the story online. Its not quite as impressive in this small-screen format as it was on the TV, but still well worth a look imo - including for the 'non aussie' UCP members overseas. The floodwaters have taken four months to arrive, originating thousands of kms away, in the biggest flood event witnessed since (at least) the 1970s...

Just click on this 2nd video link on the list @ right ... "Lake Eyre blossoms after decade long drought (7.30 Report)"

Wildlife returns to transformed Lake Eyre - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[clutch-monkey]

i remember visiting lake eyre in the 90's i think it was, time before last that i think it was full